Arch-support.



L. LOBEL ARCH SUPPORT..

APPLICATXON FILED APR.30. 1917.

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ARGH-$UEFORYEL igieciflcetioii of Lettezs Patent.

.ilijipiicstioii filer lhpril so, 191?. fiei'izti lilo.

To e35 whom, it ""21 conserve:

Be it i; own that LEGN Loom, o citizen 015 the Unitecl States of America, residing at New York city, county and. State of New Yoyk, have invented certain new and useful IHIPIOVBFAEB'CS in iiiohiiupports, of which the folio g e i zili, sleet, encl esoct, description.

This invention relates to in aroh'sup oortei's timiiei ly to novel which a, yieliiehi a' is mountei. One of the objects oi my ire to provide a, hesepiete Whieh is thereof, the Whole plate resilient out sufiieieiitly yieldzihie so to eoeforiii to the shape-035E shoe when Weight is placed. thereupon; iii other WGKCiS, the beseplate is until Weight is pieced upon which it he ileiieti and eoiiioiio shape of the portion of e The hese'plotes of mohsuppotters now on the I am ewere, pi eshopeol to fit the inner sole "position of shoe, for this reason iistieily n w 623%} not fies ale,

improvements end pertains more form of baseplete upon im" oveii oeseplete is out of motel, pi e5. ioiy steel, time yet resilient enough to he flexible to e clegiee euiiioient to oeimit it to he conformed, by the Weight oi" the i 1:, to shepe of the'inner soie poi." I! of e shoe, and to he flexed. by movements the feet, pziitioulei'iy at the eerie thereof, during the einhuletory iiiovemeiite in orclei' to permit more natural Walking, encl at the same time, by the spring? e otions of? ends of the hose plate, precise messaging eiieet upon the contiguous muscles.

@ther ieetmes and advantages oi my im- I u a movement "W'lii heieiiioiftee z ppeeiz will now prooeeti to e detailed tie scriptioii oi": my invention in connection with the accompanying chewing, Wherein-- 1o i i: 'e i is 2, plan View of my improveei -3I(Ei1--Sll .poit, broken away to show the elements;

51 Moss sectional View, taken on o ime Er-2 m i 1, an algae VEQW oi smother form of heseqilete (311 member,

2 peeved eii'filci'l elimfifiiftiii' eompi'isee e supported bridge-piece,

market are generally, ifei" es ii'egmentery View, looking" hose-plate l, which is horiiiali flat, as.

shown by full lines Fig. 3, that is to fiat until weight is placed thereupon, at Which time the plate will he flexed, :is shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, to iit the contour of the inner sole portion of a shoe, The plate 1 is i'oziole oft relatively thin resilient metal, pi'e'femhly steel, to which is secured, by rivets 01 the iilze, e spiiiigy-eupporting arch or bridge 2, consisting (in this iii-- stance) of aiplurality of resilient steel tongues Ol' fingers 3. The tongues 3 are shopeti to fit the arch of the foot, and zero seeiireii tothebese-piete at i by rivets G1 the like.

in combination with the arch or bridge, it provide a supplemental cushioning; device, in this instance it eoil spring 5, which at its lower' end rests upon the plate i, the upper 6116i 'releeeehly engiigiiig "i iii 6 on e supporting-plate i which is seemed, 9, to certain of the tongues The suppoz't ing-plete 'Z is prefeiahly in the form of aiieeiE-spi'ing consisting of the ieeves '3' encl '7", thus providing" s strong and highly re silient support for the tongues 3. The ends 100i the supporting plete rest upon the bosoplete l, The ,gi'ing'h removehly held. in position, that is to say, is placed so that it can he removed Witllil'll'hiiifi neoessity of removing any other element of the supporter. To remove the spring, it hut necessary to oompiess it to amuse the upper end thereof to become disengaged from he lug 6. This feature of the suppoetei r is importarnt, as it sometimes becomes necessary to renew the springs 01' to insert springs of o greater or lesser tension.

During the ambulatory movements, the ends 11 and 1'2 oi the heseplete 1 will yielcl react, thereby lessening the rigidity ofiif the supporter. For example, the forward end 1.1 of the plate Will he at o out the hell portion of the sole, that is to say, at the position where the ball of the foot normally rests. During the ambulatory movements, it is this portion of the shoe that flexes most; hence, the anti ll of the hose-plate Will also flex oi heed to e much greater ex tent than the wires Jonding; eiiti oi? the hose plates oi the ordinary ewe-supporters, While the hose-plates of such arch-supporters may have it very' siight degree oi yieldiebility, they give as on entirety, hut" we not flexibly resilient in the sense emi the purpose herein described in connection with my improved device. In other Words, the ends of the ordinary base-plates will not bend. independently of the remainder of the plates.

For very heavy wearers, I may reinforce the central portion of the plate 1 bya superposed flexible steel-plate 13, which does not extend to the ends thereof.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A steel spring base plate of inherent resiliency, in combination. With an arched resilient supporting plate and an interposed spring; the Whole constituting an, arch supporterj ,2. A normally horizontal resilient base plate, in combination with an arched resilient supportin plate resting thereon the ends of said ase plate extending beyond said supporting plate and being adapted to bend independently under the pressure of the Wearers foot.

3. In combination with a resilient'arched supporting plate, a base plate on which it rests, the ends of Which extend beyond said support and are inherently flexible and resilient, and a removable spring; interposed naei oaa between said base plate and said supporting plate,

do An arch supporter provided with a base plate, the ends of which extend beyond the remainder of the supporter and are in herently flexible and resilient.

5, In an arch-supporter a resilient baseplate having its ends projecting beyond the remainder of the arch support and capable of independent movement, a resilient bridge securedthereto, and a resilient supporting"- plate therefor consisting of a plurality oi? resilient superposed leaves, the ends of said supporting-plate resting upon but unsecured to the base-plate, said supporting-plate being secured intermediate its ends to said bridge. 7

6. In combination with an arch-snpporter, a metal base-plate the end portions of which are normally flat but flexibly re silient.

Signed at New York city, N. 35., this 2? day of April, 1917.

LEON LOBEL. Witnesses:

ll/lAWOE Bianca: l'fin'wann A. danvis. 

